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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the reason BASIS parents get so defensive when posters present data showing that BASIS isn’t “advanced” when compared to other schools, e.g. Walls and MD and VA suburban schools, is that BASIS’s reputation for being oh-so-advanced is literally the only thing it has going for it. The building sucks, the extracurricular are a joke and the administration is awful. People put up with all of that because they think their kid is getting an amazingly advanced education.

Are you getting a better education than say, Elliot Hine? Of course you are. But don’t try to pretend that BASIS DC is better than Walls or top suburban high schools. It’s clearly and measurably not. [/quote]

No one is pretending that the high school is better than Walls or a suburban (?) high school. But the middle school is such an excellent option for those who aren't zoned for Deal and Hardy. And the high school is a very very decent backup to Walls.[/quote]

Well, plenty of kids turn down Walls to stay at BASIS so I guess they don't think that Walls is better.

Plus, the test scores are about the same, even given the fact that Walls selects their student body and BASIS is stuck with 100% lottery.  [b]And parents that left BASIS for Walls freely concede that Walls doesn't have the same rigor as BASIS and is weaker academically.[/b][/quote]

Yes -  I am one of those parents!  Walls has other positive attributes, but so far strong academics is not one of them.

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There are also Basis kids who have struggled academically at Walls.  It goes both ways! [/quote]

Are you kidding? We aren’t aware of any.[/quote]

I'm a different poster and also know of BASIS kids who have struggled at Walls.

BASIS kids are not all at the very top of their respective years. [b]Let's not try to pretend that Walls is a cakewalk[/b].

Both BASIS and Walls can be good enough options for high school.[/quote]

But (leaving aside whether some former BASIS kids struggle) Walls IS a cakewalk - at least in 9th and 10th grades.  I have yet to see one post asserting otherwise (that in their view, Walls has challenging academics in 9th and 10th grade . . . . someone above noted Walls is challenging in 11th . . . . because you can take dual enrollment classes at GW.  Hmmm).[/quote]

Here, I'll assert it! Walls is not a cakewalk in 9th and 10th grades. Kids write a freshman paper and have sophomore speech, nothing like either to be found at BASIS. Kids can take pre-calc freshman year. kids can opt for classes at various colleges.

For all you know, these former BASIS families would be saying the same thing about 9th, maybe 10th, at BASIS because the homework supposedly becomes much more manageable in high school.

And you really seem to be overlooking how truly bizarre 12th grade is at BASIS. The vast majority of seniors are not doing anything academic for the last trimester and all seniors lose a class to college counseling. There is no way that colleges look at that and go 'what great rigor that student showed senior year'[/quote]

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